Construction of an intergranular volume compaction curve for evaluating and predicting compaction and porosity loss in rigid-grain sandstone reservoirs

AAPG Bulletin

Volumn 86, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2047-2067

  Paxton, S T ^a   Szabo, J O ^b   Ajdukiewicz, J M ^b   Klimentidis, R E ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERGRANULAR VOLUME;

CEMENTS; FUNCTION EVALUATION; QUARTZ; RIGIDITY; SANDSTONE;

POROSITY;

BURIAL DIAGENESIS; COMPACTION; POROSITY; RESERVOIR CHARACTERIZATION; SANDSTONE;

EID: 0036991326     PISSN: 01491423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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